Last week I went to the museum, not very far from Zurich (I'll give you the name exacte later). it is an old monastery which is used like a museum of monastery and a museum of contemporary art.
We (two of my classmades and I) will try to propose an idea for the installation in this museum next year.
I'm wrighting here just to share with you my experience... which was wonderfull and very spiritual.
I must say, that allready the atmosphere in the museum is very particular. Pavillions for cotemporary art are spaces in a very old place with a strange history. (I should say, that in XVIII th century one noble family bought this monastery to live there)
At the and of the visit we had an opportunity to experience one work of artist (I'll give you her name later, I just forgot in switzerland all papers about museum). She did kind of guiding walk trough the monastery. We recieved headphones and we had to follow spaces 'with' this artist. She told us where we had to turn or wich door we had to enter. we had to listen for her steps to make the same rithm.
She made kind of sound installation. I couldn't say what was real or what wasn't. I had impression of a lot of people around me, walking or speaking. I could hear songs from church and feel the athmosphere of monastery. Then we went to the dining room and this noble family was eating there... and just from the sound, I could realise the peacture of this family, number of people around the table etc.
At the and of the visit we had an opportunity to experience one work of artist (I'll give you her name later, I just forgot in switzerland all papers about museum). She did kind of guiding walk trough the monastery. We recieved headphones and we had to follow spaces 'with' this artist. She told us where we had to turn or wich door we had to enter. we had to listen for her steps to make the same rithm.She made kind of sound installation. I couldn't say what was real or what wasn't. I had impression of a lot of people around me, walking or speaking. I could hear songs from church and feel the athmosphere of monastery. Then we went to the dining room and this noble family was eating there... and just from the sound, I could realise the peacture of this family, number of people around the table etc.
Sometimes we was comming into reality (to the real time), we should open the window and we could hear the plane passing not very far (also fantasy, but so close to the reality, that I couldn't understand).Some times we could suddenly hear monks praying, and it was scaring me...
The impression was incredible, I couldn't speak after that for a long time. Acctually I didn't want to leave this unreal atmosphere....
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